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Liam Gallagher Says There Won’t Be a New Oasis Album Because He’s Not Up For the Criticism If It ‘Doesn’t Sell 100 Million Copies in the 1st Hour’
Liam Gallagher has ruled out a new Oasis studio album, telling a fan on social media that he’s unwilling to face the criticism if it fails to meet impossibly high expectations. It would be the band’s first record of new material since 2008’s “Dig Out Your Soul”, but Liam indicated he would rather focus on…
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The 1959 comedy Geena Davis urges everyone to see: “So funny and fabulous”
Geena Davis has recommended Billy Wilder’s 1959 comedy *Some Like It Hot*, describing it as “so funny and fabulous”. The article presents the film as an enduring classic whose mix of farce, romance and gender-bending comedy has continued to entertain audiences for decades. Starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, the film follows two…
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This David Bowie Song About Space Was Banned by the BBC Before It Went to No. 1 Years Later
David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” was banned from BBC airplay when it was first released in 1969, days before the Apollo 11 moon landing, over concerns about broadcasting a song depicting a doomed space mission at such a sensitive moment. The ban was lifted once the astronauts returned safely, but the episode did not hinder the…
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Watch: SHADOWS FALL Celebrates 30th Anniversary With Hometown Concert
Massachusetts metal band Shadows Fall marked their 30th anniversary with a special one-off hometown concert on Saturday 18 July at the MGM Aria Ballroom in Springfield, Massachusetts, joined by fellow Massachusetts acts Unearth and Within The Ruins. The show, the band’s only booked date for the year, spanned a 14-song set covering three decades of…
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Sex, beds and grisly executions: what Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey changed, invented – and left out
Christopher Nolan’s forthcoming adaptation of The Odyssey makes significant changes to Homer’s ancient Greek epic, trimming characters and scenes to fit the sprawling 12,000-line poem into a three-hour film. The Guardian outlines the most notable alterations, from omitted deities and famous encounters to invented plot details, showing how Nolan reshaped the source material for a…
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Born 82 Years Ago Today in Tennessee, the Honey-Voiced Country Crooner With 22 No. 1 Hits to His Name
T.G. Sheppard, born William Neal Browder in Humboldt, Tennessee, on 20 July 1944, is being celebrated on his 82nd birthday for his impact on country music during the country-pop era that preceded Nashville’s neo-traditionalist shift led by artists such as George Strait and Randy Travis. After leaving home at 16 to pursue music in Memphis,…
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The 1971 song that Led Zeppelin refused to perform live
Led Zeppelin’s ‘When the Levee Breaks’, released in 1971 on their fourth album, became one of the band’s most influential recordings but was largely absent from their live set. The song’s studio sound relied heavily on techniques that were difficult to reproduce on stage, illustrating the gap between Led Zeppelin’s ambitious recording methods and the…
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UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS Announce New Album ‘Shapes Of Midnight’, Share Title Track
Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats have announced their seventh studio album, “Shapes of Midnight”, and released its title track as a first taste of the record. The Cambridge band’s return marks their first full-length since 2024’s “Nell’ Ora Blu” and sees them revisit the guitar-driven sound of their earlier work while continuing to evolve their…
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Five iconic musicians Paul McCartney couldn’t stand
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Why T Rex’s ‘Electric Warrior’ remains the blueprint for glam rock
T. Rex’s 1971 album ‘Electric Warrior’ is presented as a defining glam-rock record because it transformed Marc Bolan’s earlier psychedelic folk approach into concise, riff-driven rock with a flamboyant, sensual style. Its lasting importance lies in how it helped establish the sound and attitude of early-1970s British glam, while influencing later hard-rock and hair-metal acts.…